• Patterns of Agile Adoption - Mike Cohn
  
  
• The Neglected Practice of Iteration - Jeff Patton on Stickyminds
  
  
• Agile Partner Program - Become A Partner
  
  
• Mythical Agile Shortcuts - Ross Pettit
  
  
• APLN Winter Leadership Summit - February 21-22 in Dallas, TX
  
  
• VersionOne Headquarters is Moving
  
  
  

There are many ways to transition to an agile process. Choosing the approach that is most likely to work best for your organization can be critical to a smooth transition. Through helping hundreds of teams make the transition to agile over the years, I have identified six core patterns that teams use to initiate the transition to agile...

Read the article HERE
(http://www.agilejournal.com/articles/articles/patterns-of-agile-adoption.html)

Jeff Patton sends a reminder that software developers who neglect the practice of iteration will get caught either delivering poor quality software or delaying schedules in order to make time to iterate. We kick ourselves, or others, for not "getting [software] right up front" when we all know that the hardest part of software development is figuring out what to build. But there's hope, and it comes in the form of prototypes and frequent iterations.

Read the article HERE
(http://www.stickyminds.com/s.asp?F=S13178_COL_2)

For Agile Coaches and Trainers => Join VersionOne’s Partner Program

VersionOne partners represent some of the brightest trainers, coaches, and mentors in the industry. To join, strengthen, and benefit from our partner ecosystem, please follow the link below. The partner program provides access to free software, education, resources, and customer collaboration opportunities around the world.

Join now by visiting www.VersionOne.com/becomeapartner.asp.
(http://www.versionone.com/becomeapartner.asp?nl0108)

Agile practices such as unit testing, story-based requirements gathering, and pairing are intuitively appealing ways to achieve higher quality and mitigate risk of change. At first glance, they even seem relatively easy to execute: how hard can it be for two people to collaborate, write small business-oriented requirements, and code tests with each bit of software?

Read the article HERE
(http://www.agilejournal.com/articles/the-agile-manager/mythical-agile-shortcuts.html)

Agile Leadership: What is it? How do we do it?

The summit targets both new and seasoned Agile leaders – and targets both organizational leaders, product leaders, and project leaders. This is your chance to spend a whole day with some of the leading experts in the area of Agile Leadership, to network with with other agile leaders and to share your experiences and concerns with those who are in the same situation as yourself.

This Agile Project Leadership summit features outstanding speakers, think tank, networking and open sessions. Be sure to learn more by clicking below.

Learn more or register HERE
(http://www.apln.org/summits.html)

To support our ongoing growth and global customer base, VersionOne is moving to an expanded headquarters location. Our new facility enables us to provide an increased level of service to our valued customers.

Effective January 19th, 2008 our new contact information will be as follows:

VersionOne, Inc.
6220 Shiloh Road
Suite 400
Alpharetta, GA 30005

Main Line: 678.268.3320
Customer Support: 678.268.3324
Sales: 678.268.3323
Fax: 678.752.4109